A Body Challenge
Hating Your Body Before Anyone Else Does
Recently, a few of my friends have made some passing negative comments about their bodies. Usually, I challenge their negativity, they remember I’m not the shame-you-for-everything media, and we go back to whatever it is we were doing before my good friend talked shit about my good friend, forcing me to have to defend my [...]
#LadyPornDay: Feeling It Out
Lady Porn Day is a project started by the catalytic and wonderful sex journalist, Rabbit White of RabbitWrite.com. The goal of this project is give women an opportunity to finally talk about their lady bits, their lady fantasies in a forum that – unlike the rest of society – is perfectly acceptable an encouraged. While [...]
A Body Challenge: My Thighs
Honesty time: What body image issue has been plaguing you lately? Our answers are in the comments. Image source: Postsecret.com
Challenging the Movement: What Is Privilege?
I stumbled upon a very interesting article about white privilege through Riots Not Diets (a fat acceptance blog) which I came to through Tangled Up In Lace (a body acceptance blog that used to be a fat acceptance blog), and it got me thinking about privilege. Before I go any further, let me give you [...]
A Body Challenge: Breast Cancer
This article was originally posted at Awakened Aesthetic one year ago today. Most of those that read The Demoiselles are women, and we can all resonate with the fear that comes when we hear the words “breast cancer.” We may have even mused on what it would be like to lose our breasts, which are [...]
The Body You Want is the Body You’ve Got
I recently met with a trainer – you know, one of those free sessions you get for joining a gym – to discuss my “workout goals” and how to reach them. When he asked for my goal weight I said, “Something like 125. I mean, that’s a soft goal. I’m not sure where my body [...]
The Science of Swim
Despite the Seattle rain, I’m determined that summer is almost here. In an attempt to will the sun out with my mind, I’ve been thinking a lot about swimsuits lately: the current styles, the retro trends, the way they make us feel, the intense amount of Photoshopping involved in showing them off, and how that [...]
ABCs: …Double D’s? (Challenge #2)
Welcome to the second installment of The Demoiselles: Your ABCs! Every couple weeks, we’ll post a video, asking you to participate in ABC, aka A Body Challenge. These are the basics of introspection, designed to direct you to the source of your current body image, and shape it into a positive – whatever state it’s [...]
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